This book will change your prayer life." --Dabo Swinney, National Championship-winning Clemson football coach Do you really want your prayers to be heard and answered by God? Do you want to be sure your prayer time isn’t wasted by going through a wishful, whimsical exercise with the hope that something "might" happen? Do you really want to know what happens when you pray? If your answer to these questions is yes, then allow Powerful Prayers That Open Heaven to unlock the secrets of prayer for you. Jamie T. Pleasant will teach you how to develop a more powerful and effective prayer life. Designed for either personal devotions or group participation, each chapter includes exercises and key points that will help you make the most of your prayer time as you delve into the eight truths of prayer that open heaven. As you apply these timeless truths in your quiet moments with God, you will find that your overall perspective on prayer will be transformed, day by day and week by week.
Are you ready to go to the next level in your life? Do you want to walk in your destiny? Are you tired of living each day not really knowing whether you are in purpose or not? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this book is for you! "Daily Quotes for Daily Blessings" will take you on a journey to uncovering your uniqueness. Each quote presents a personal note to help you reach new heights in your life! You will learn new ways to stay motivated and inspired. You will walk in a newness of confidence and joy. Get ready to be blessed beyond your wildest imagination.
Your age, height, weight, strength and accomplishments will never be able to classify you as a man! What is the makeup of a man? Are you sure that you have reached manhood? How do you know that you have or not? This book answers these questions. Get ready to experience what it really means to be a man. Do you want to enter manhood? Do you want to know for sure that you have been properly prepared to be a man? If so, this book is for you! "The Making of a Man" will take you on a journey to uncovering the man in you that God designed you to be. Each chapter presents straightforward principles and steps to becoming a man of God by his original design that began in the Garden of Eden with a man named Adam. You will reach new heights in your personal walk into manhood! You will learn how to become a man and make men as well.
Do you have a vision to do something great? Do you dream of living a more prosperous and fulfilling life? Are you ready to experience peace, joy and happiness like you never have before? Do you feel in your heart that you are destined for more? If you are, this book is for you! You Have What It Takes!: A 21 Day Discovery of Your Greatest Self will take you on a 21 day discovery to release the greatest you that has been waiting to show itself for a very long time. You will grow as you meditate on words of wisdom that will inspire you to reach new heights! You will learn new ways to make decisions. You will walk in a newness of confidence and joy. You will walk into your destiny assured that you are accomplishing everything that you were ever born to do. You will realize that, "You Have What it Takes!
Do you want your prayers to be heard and answered by God? Do you want to be sure your prayer time isn't wasted going through a wishful, whimsical exercise with the hope that something might happen? Do you really want to learn what happens when you pray? Do you want to know the process that takes place during prayer? If you often ask yourself these questions about prayer in your life, then Prayers That Open Heaven will unlock the secrets of prayer in your life. Apostle Jamie T. Pleasant debuts with his first book that will teach you how to develop a more powerful and effective prayer life. This book is designed for personal and small group Bible study. Each week, you'll see your prayer time with God and your overall perspective on prayer transform. Chapter exercises and key points will help you make the most of your study time as you delve into the eight truths of prayer that open heaven. Finally, get ready to see heaven open up in your life
Have you ever wondered if Apostles still exist in today's church? Are the twelve that walked with Christ Jesus during His earthly ministry the only Apostles in the Bible? When it comes to Paul, how did he become an Apostle? What are the requirements for one to become an Apostle? Is there a ranking order of authority in the church? If so, what is the ranking authority of an Apostle? If you want answers to these questions, then this book is for you. Get ready to find out if Apostles exist in today's church.
You gave your life to Jesus Christ and joined a church. Now you're ready to serve and reap the benefits of ministry work - blessings in your life! In order to receive everything God intended for you, capturing the heart of the Apostle, Pastor or church leader of your church is essential to your success. Best selling author Apostle Jamie T. Pleasant; Ph.D. brings you Capturing and Keeping the Pastor's Heart: Releasing your blessings through ministry service, an eight-week study on the how to serve in your church. You'll learn how to capture your church leader's heart and give it your all in ministry as you work with other church members to build up the body of Christ. This book is designed for personal and small group Bible study. Each week, you'll get a deeper revelation on how your blessings are tied to your ability to serve your church leader and others with your whole heart. Chapter exercises and key points will help you make the most of your study time as you discover the keys to releasing blessings in your life.
Are you a brand manager? Are you trying to develop a strategy to effectively reach African American consumers? Do you need help in understanding the consumption behavior of African Americans? If you answered yes to any of the aforementioned questions, this book is for you! "How To Advertise To African Americans in the 21st Century" will take you through an 11 chapter discovery of effective ways to reach this powerful ethnic consumer group. You will learn what mistakes leading consumer products companies have made in the past when targeting African Americans. Additionally, you will learn how not to repeat those mistakes that they made by effectively segmenting them and conducting sound research strategies.
This book will change your prayer life." --Dabo Swinney, National Championship-winning Clemson football coach Do you really want your prayers to be heard and answered by God? Do you want to be sure your prayer time isn’t wasted by going through a wishful, whimsical exercise with the hope that something "might" happen? Do you really want to know what happens when you pray? If your answer to these questions is yes, then allow Powerful Prayers That Open Heaven to unlock the secrets of prayer for you. Jamie T. Pleasant will teach you how to develop a more powerful and effective prayer life. Designed for either personal devotions or group participation, each chapter includes exercises and key points that will help you make the most of your prayer time as you delve into the eight truths of prayer that open heaven. As you apply these timeless truths in your quiet moments with God, you will find that your overall perspective on prayer will be transformed, day by day and week by week.
The case: a double murder covered up to look like suicides. The best lead: …a rabbit? Auckland Detective Jack Duarte and her still-green-behind-the-ears partner, Piper, are called to investigate a double murder and quickly discover that someone is actively targeting local mages for death. But why? Stuck with an orphaned pet rabbit who was the only witness to the murders and few other leads, Jack and Piper dig deeper into the local magical community to search for clues. Everything goes off the rails when Emmaline, the psychic who helped Jack in the past and is her not-quite-but-maybe love interest, ends up in the cross-hairs of the murderers. Time is running out for Jack and Piper to find the culprits as the rising tide of anger against magic users starts to threaten everyone they both hold dear. Meanwhile, both Jack and Piper are also facing their own personal challenges. Jack has to make some hard decisions about her future, including her job and her relationship with Emmaline. Piper juggles facing their own fears about magic with taking care of the eccentric rabbit witness (who isn’t quite as normal as it first appeared!). A visit to a secret magical-creature reserve has unexpected consequences, revealing just how imperilled and entangled the magic community is. If Jack and her rag-tag team of underappreciated heroes are unable to bring the murderers to justice, more innocents will die, and the city’s paranormal denizens will have nowhere safe to turn when the cauldron of hate and fear boils over. Some mysteries can only be solved if you break all the rules…
A New York Times Best Wine Book of 2018 Flawless is the first book of its kind dedicated to exploring the main causes of faults in wine. From cork taint, to volatile acidity, to off-putting aromas and flavors, all wine connoisseurs have encountered unappealing qualities in a disappointing bottle. But are all faults truly bad? Are some even desirable? Jamie Goode brings his authoritative voice to the table once again to demystify the science behind what causes a good bottle to go bad. By exposing the root causes of faults in wine, Flawless challenges us to rethink our assumptions about how wine should taste and how we can understand beauty in a glass.
This guide covers the state of California and contains features on the cities of LA, San Francisco, San Diego and Las Vegas. It provides critical reviews of hotels, restaurants, clubs and bars in every town, and information on the sights, including Yosemite, Big Sur and the Grand Canyon.
Dissociation 101: The go-to guide for understanding your dissociative disorder, breaking the stigma, and healing from trauma-related dissociation. "Just as important as The Body Keeps the Score (but an easier read for me)." —5-star reader review Guided by clinical counselor Jamie Marich—a trauma-informed clinician living with a dissociative disorder herself—this book tells you everything you need to know about dissociation...but were too afraid to ask. Here, you’ll learn: What dissociation is—and why it’s a natural response to trauma How to understand and work with your “parts”—the unique emotional and behavioral profiles that can develop from personality fragmentation There’s nothing shameful about dissociating—that, in fact, we can all dissociate Skills and strategies for living your best, authentic, and most fulfilled life What to look for in a therapist: choosing a healer who sees you and gets it Foundational elements of healing from trauma, including PTSD and C-PTSD With practical guided exercises like “The Dissociative Profile” and “Parts Mapping,” this book is written for those diagnosed with dissociative disorders, clinicians and therapists who treat trauma and dissociation, and readers who are exploring whether they may have dissociative symptoms or a condition like dissociative identity disorder (DID). Dissociation Made Simple breaks it all down accessibly and comprehensively, with empowerment and support—and without stigma, judgment, or shame.
From the bestselling authors of the award-winning Once Upon Anthologies, the next fabulous volume is here! Revisit your favorite faerie tales, masterfully retold in science fiction settings with delightful, and sometimes chilling, twists. What if the Twelve Dancing Princesses were undead clones? What if the witch in Hansel and Gretel was an AI-sentient house? Are you ready for the Three Little Pigs… in space? These fourteen tales will entertain and inspire you, and you’ll never see your favorite faerie tales quite the same way again. Grab your copy of Once Upon A Star, and don’t forget the other anthologies - Once Upon A Curse, Once Upon A Kiss, and Once Upon A Quest - for more magical retellings! ESCAPE: A Liza Roth Adventure - Anthea Sharp A princess on the run and her feline companion find adventure - and danger - on Starhub Station in this story based on the Icelandic fairy tale Kisa the Cat. TRUE.LOVE - Alethea Kontis In this futuristic retelling of Sleeping Beauty, a gamer hacktivist tries to take down the world’s largest matchmaking site…and stumbles on a side quest he never bargained for. BLOW YOUR PLANET DOWN - Shawntelle Madison After the Wolverine Horde nearly destroyed her home world, Commander Cressida Van Der Snout is prepared to use the Horde’s greatest weapon to exact her revenge. She wants to bring them to their knees, but a single wolverine stands in the way of both her revenge and her heart. THE CYRANO SOLUTION: A Gaian Consortium Story - Christine Pope The daughter of one of Gaia’s richest oligarchs gets more than she bargained for in her new husband in this retelling of “The Frog Prince” (with just a dash of Cyrano de Bergerac for good measure). ONCE YOU WISH - Evelyn Snow A con man who loves only what he can steal. An orphan girl with big dreams. A prince with something to prove and no fairy godmother to be found… BY THE LIGHT OF A DISTANT STAR - Jenna Elizabeth Johnson When Estrelle’s marriage to Prince Damryn of Kaul is thwarted by a deceitful enemy who steals her identity and leaves her for dead, Estrelle must rely on the kindness of others, and trust the courage within her own heart. VASILILA AND THE HORSE OF POWER - Jamie Ferguson Vasilisa finds a feather from the legendary firebird and, against the advice of her horse, takes it to the Tzar in the subterranean enclave their people have lived in for millennia. She hopes to be rewarded, but instead is given a choice between accomplishing an impossible task, or exile—and certain death—in the harsh, storm-swept lands aboveground. ECHO - Nikki Jefford Built by a handsome young mechanic, Echo is a cyborg who dreams of experiencing the world as a human in this Pinocchio inspired retelling. DEADLY DANCE - Kasey Mackenzie Miriana never expected to be murdered repeatedly after refusing an evil prince’s marriage proposal. Now saddled with eleven undead clone-sisters who spy for the murderous prince, she’s going to save the day with her forbidden soldier lover—or die trying - one final time. THROUGH TIME AND SPACE: A Little Red Riding Hood Tale - Julia Crane Neither time nor space can keep Little Red and the Big Bad Wolf from crossing paths. THE STAR DRAGON'S CURSE - Alexia Purdy Haunted by a malevolent celestial entity, Creedence must discover its connection to the dying forest aboard the decaying space vessel, The Star Dragon. ZATARRA - Phaedra Weldon His enemies not only took his life and everything he held dear, they took his humanity as well. LOXLEY- Sarra Cannon In a dystopian world where citizens log into The Realm online to escape from their dark reality, one hacker fights to make a difference as she goes in search of a rare artifact. CANDY HOUSE - Kay McSpadden After the AI of Earth rise up and destroy most of humanity, Hans and Greta survive by living off the grid. That is, until they find a house in the woods that makes them an offer they can’t refuse. Read more fabulous fairytale retellings from these authors! ONCE UPON A CURSE - 17 Dark Faerie Tales ONCE UPON A KISS - 17 Romantic Faerie Tales ONCE UPON A QUEST - 15 Tales of Adventure KEYWORDS: Fairy Tale Retellings, SF Romance, Space Opera, Dystopian, Russian Folktales, Genetic Engineering, Cyberpunk, AI, GameLit, Marissa Meyer, Lunar Chronicles
The story of the bloody 1917 Battle of Vimy Ridge is, according to many of today’s tellings, a heroic founding moment for Canada. This noble, birth-of-a-nation narrative is regularly applied to the Great War in general. Yet this mythical tale is rather new. “Vimyism”— today’s official story of glorious, martial patriotism—contrasts sharply with the complex ways in which veterans, artists, clerics, and even politicians who had supported the war interpreted its meaning over the decades. Was the Great War a futile imperial debacle? A proud, nation-building milestone? Contending Great War memories have helped to shape how later wars were imagined. The Vimy Trap provides a powerful probe of commemoration cultures. This subtle, fast-paced work of public history—combining scholarly insight with sharp-eyed journalism, and based on primary sources and school textbooks, battlefield visits and war art—explains both how and why peace and war remain contested terrain in ever-changing landscapes of Canadian memory.
America Mason, a sassy undergrad at Eastern State University, is in love with a Maddox--Shepley Maddox. Unlike his cousins, Shepley is more lover than fighter, but a road trip to her parents' home in Wichita, Kansas could mean the next step, or the end of everything
Read the new romantic fantasy series by award-winning author, Jamie A. Waters… Sabine owes her life to the two demon brothers who helped keep her hidden from the fae for the past ten years. When she learns Dax has been forced back to the underworld to stand trial for his treasonous crimes, Sabine races to their volcanic home to save him. What she discovers is a long-hidden truth that will shape the future or their world or destroy it. Only an ancient weapon of power can shatter the portal's bindings... The demons secretly recognize Sabine as the true queen of the Unseelie, and they're determined to keep her for their own purposes. With her magic, they can escape the underworld and declare vengeance on those who oppose them. But first, they must destroy all her ties to the light, including the man she loves. Shadows and Twilight is the fourth novel in The Dragon Portal series, a romantic epic fantasy adventure featuring fae, dragons, and demons. This is an action-packed romantasy adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat into all hours of the night. Perfect for fans of T.A. White, Ilona Andrews, Sarah J. Maas, and Jennifer L. Armentrout.
The Maddox Brothers Series is sexy, addictive, and full of surprises -- just like the Maddox boys." -- Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures novels & author of The Lovely Reckless The second of four novels chronicling the exciting, romantic, and sometimes volatile road to love for the Maddox brothers. The loves and loss of Thomas Maddox, the eldest Maddox brother, is told from the point-of-view of Liis Lindy, a no-nonsense agent of the FBI.
Soul to Sisterhood is an invitation for readers to fall in love – or deeper in love - with themselves, their lives, and their relationships. With 36 autobiographic stories, 108 universal themes for self-reflection, and 180 experiential activities, this book offers hundreds of transformational opportunities that can be done individually or shared with friends and family. Readers can step into their cyclical Lunar Wisdom, get to know themselves better by connecting to their Chakras, and raise the vibe of their relationships with playful practices... all while remembering the timeless yet potent wisdom that they are not alone. The women featured in these pages hold up the mirror for readers to reclaim and reignite their passions, purpose, and desires. The engaging Sacred Play Suggestions open the doors of replenishment and rejuvenation. The Themes support readers as they release unwanted patterns and old belief systems. This book is a must have for women interested in recreating and reviving their connection to empowerment, oneness, and their Higher Self. Soul to Sisterhood is about extraordinary women triumphing over extraordinary things. Soul to Sisterhood is you!
PenCraft Book Awards 2023 Non-Fiction Runner Up The world has long misunderstood trauma. Now, leading experts in the field have a radical new understanding of post-traumatic stress . . . and a surprising new treatment to reverse it could have profound implications for medicine, mental health, and society. Despite its prevalence, post-traumatic stress, PTSD, is often seen as an unbeatable lifelong mental disorder. However, top trauma doctors and neuroscientists now understand that the result of trauma is not a disorder, but rather a physical injury—and while invisible to the naked eye, the posttraumatic stress injury (PTSI) can now be seen on a scan. Most importantly, the effects of PTSI are reversible. Meet Dr. Eugene Lipov. His research and partnerships have led to an amazing discovery that all trauma has at its root a single piece of human hardware: the sympathetic nervous system, controlling the fight-or-flight response. Anyone who has endured trauma, including long-term microdoses of emotional stress, can have this injury. Dr. Lipov has pioneered a safe, 15-minute procedure that reverses the injury, relieving mild to extreme symptoms of PTSI—irritability, hypervigilance, anxiety, insomnia, and more—for survivors to combat soldiers to the everyday person. Weaving hard science with moving human stories, The Invisible Machine reveals how this treatment was developed. It also tells the incredible story of the unlikely team, including the doctor, an artist, Special Forces leadership, and a sheriff, who are working together to change our understanding of post-traumatic stress and why it matters to society. Coauthored by artist and innovator Jamie Mustard and in collaboration with writer Holly Lorincz, The Invisible Machine weaves hard science with moving stories of warriors, prisoners, and ordinary people to provide a stark new understanding of the human condition. The implications for a better, pain-free world are astounding—and that world could be nearer than we think.
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